Gallery: The Week in Pictures

[noelyf]

Friday, 1 July 2011

Some of the most striking images from around the world this week

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  1 Police disperse demonstrators using tear gas at Sytagma square in front of parliament in Athens
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  2 Bullfighter Finito de Cordoba of Spain performs during the first bullfight of the 2011 season
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  3 A young boy prepares to take part in a march with public sector workers through central London, in Lincoln's Inn Fields
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  4 Grace Molineux, aged three, joins public sector workers taking part in a march through central Liverpool, England
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  5 Dancers perform during a gala show to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China in the Great Hall of the People
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  6 Children play in a fountain in sight of The Tower of London, England, during the searing 32C weather
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  7 An Arctic Tern pecks a man's head as he walks through nesting seabirds on Inner Farne, England
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  8 Kellie Wells clears the last hurdle on the way to winning the Women's 100 meter hurdles during the 2011 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  9 Paul Hanley of Australia and Simon Aspelin of Sweden in action during their third round doubles match on Day Eight of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  10 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France celebrates after winning his quarterfinal round match against Roger Federer of Switzerland at Wimbledon
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  11 A dog named Yoda is crowned the world's ugliest dog at the 23rd Annual World's Ugliest Dog Contest at the Sonoma-Marin County Fair in Petaluma, California
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  12 A young boy waves a flag during the 2011 NYC LGBT Pride March on the streets of Manhattan on in New York City
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  13 Members of the Radley College Rowing Club warm up in the boat tent before competing in the Henley Royal Regatta in Henley-on-Thames, England
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  14 Hugh Sweeney of Ireland dances to the music during a match break at the 11x11 football preliminaries of the Athens 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Athens, Greece
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  15 Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge speaks with soldiers in Victoria Barracks during a medal parade for the 1st Battalion Irish Guards Regiment in Windsor, England
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  16 Drag queens and other people participate in the annual Christopher Street Day Parade in Berlin, Germany
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  17 Ireland's Shane Breen riding Mullaghdrin Gold Rain finishes in joint second place in The Carpetright Derby during the British Jumping Derby meeting in Hickstead, England
  
  Source : rte.ie
  
  

 

[anto1969]

My God that dog is ugly, certainly earned his title

Love these posts Noel ;)